How Not To Paint Faces

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If you already know how to draw the different features of the face, the next step is to piece them together and begin learning how to draw a portrait. There are a number of mistakes that people often make when drawing portrait and in this article I’m going to tell you what they are. (Click here for more information on drawing eyes step by step.)

Don’t worry if you catch yourself making these mistakes. You’re only human. The important part is that you catch and fix them. By following theses tips, you’ll help improve your how to draw portraits skills.

Here we go:

Mistake #1: Not Keeping the Entire Picture in Mind

I really struggled with this one when I was starting out. I would look at the model picture and begin drawing right away starting with the eyes and ignoring the rest of the picture.

This would cause the size of my feature to be off relative to each other. The mouth might be too big for the noses for instance.

Even worse, because I didn’t plan out the drawing, I would run out of space half way through.

Don’t make the same mistake I did. Give some thoughts to where everything is going to be before you start drawing.

Make some light markings or rough shapes to help you keep everything in place. This will also make it much easier for you to get your proportions right.

Mistake #2: Not Starting At All Because You Want Everything To Be Perfect

There’s nothing worse than staring at an intimidating blank piece of drawing paper and not know where to start. Or you might be so scared of making mistakes, wanting your drawing to be perfect, that you erase every stroke as soon as you make them.

Everyone of us have had that experience and it’s not very fun.

So here’s my advice. Before you start drawing, warm yourself up by doodling on a piece of scratch paper. Then try to make a quick sketch of whatever it is that you want to draw. Just let yourself go, be crazy, and don’t worry about making mistakes.

You’ll find that by doing this, you’ll loosen up and have more fund drawing.

Mistake #3: Not Practicing Drawing From Real Life

The reason I know this to be a mistake is because I’ve done this myself. I though that there was no difference between drawing from a black and white photo and drawing from a real life model.

But it’s not. Real life subject gives you so much more to work with in terms of lighting, angle, perspective, and so much more.

It was when I started to start drawing from real life that I saw a big improvement in my drawing skill. So if you haven’t try it already, pick a real life subject and try drawing it. It’ll probably be kinda bad, but hey, it’ll be a start. And you’re just going to get better and better.

I have been continuously practicing the fine art of how to draw people for many years and I’d like to share what I know with you. All you have to do is browse to my websiteand check out all the FREE lessons that I’ve made there. You’ll learn things like drawing human nose and much more.

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